No one told them to evacuate. Everyone expects to be taken care of now. And the tab goes straight into the deficit, do not pass Go... They did a study once. One group, weather forcasters. Second group, old farmers. Studied their accuracy predicting weather. Equal.
According to MSNBC:
(1) People in the trailer parks in Punta Gorda were told evacuate 24 hours ago.
(2) However the models all had the storm going 70 miles to the north.
(3) Gov Bush has suggested some "hurricane amnesia" since there hasn't been a major hurricane in so many years, and didn't take it seriously.
There is some truth is what everyone is saying regarding the loss of life and "who was at fault.". Lots of borderline judgments went the wrong direction.